The Hmong Tiger And Other Collected Poems
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The Hmong Tiger And Other Collected Poems
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Author : Koobphong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Hmong Tiger And Other Collected Poems written by Koobphong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with American poetry categories.
The Hmong TigerWhere every answer to a young man's crisis is to get him a wife, Where once free independent people are now forced to live in refugee camps with nothing to do but wait for their daily rations from the Red Cross and other western humanitarian agencies, Where thousands of people fled the war torn mountains of Laos only to end up the black ghettos of Detroit. Ive lived through the tragic war in Laos. I now live in a country: Where refugee teenagers think they are Americans but all they know are the public housing ghettos, the American slag of Ebonics and public assistance, ..
Siho And Naga Lao Textiles
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Author : Edeltraud Tagwerker
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2009
Siho And Naga Lao Textiles written by Edeltraud Tagwerker and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic books categories.
Siho and Naga are the most powerful mythological figures in Lao tradition manifested in their textiles. This book focuses on the history and culture of the creators of exquisitely hand woven fabrics that have attracted textile connoisseurs all over the world. The study leads not only to rare weaving techniques, patterns and natural dyes, but also to a vast ethnic diversity of people who used to live self sufficiently of their natural environment in rural areas or under royal patronage in ancient cities. Textiles have always been an integral part of the social and spiritual life of Lao people who now, after a devastating war, are challenged to come to terms with tourism, cash, and global market strategies. Siho and Naga shall raise awareness for urgent educational reform countrywide and encourage local and international preservers of Lao culture to continue their efforts to the benefit of Lao's young generation, who eventually will grasp the value of their own textiles in order to set them against cheap imports.
Staring Down The Tiger
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Author : Pa Der Vang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03
Staring Down The Tiger written by Pa Der Vang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03 with Social Science categories.
Captivating stories of the courage, resilience, and everyday brilliance of Hmong American women
The Song Poet
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Author : Kao Kalia Yang
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Release Date : 2016-05-10
The Song Poet written by Kao Kalia Yang and has been published by Metropolitan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Following her award-winning book The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by American's Secret War. Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night until, one day, a song was born. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. But the songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a Minneapolis housing project and on the factory floor until, with the death of Bee's mother, the songs leave him for good. But before they do, Bee, with his poetry, has polished a life of poverty for his children, burnished their grim reality so that they might shine. Written with the exquisite beauty for which Kao Kalia Yang is renowned, The Song Poet is a love story -- of a daughter for her father, a father for his children, a people for their land, their traditions, and all that they have lost.
Collected Papers In Highway Salvage Archaeology 1972 74
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Author : Carling Malouf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Collected Papers In Highway Salvage Archaeology 1972 74 written by Carling Malouf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Anthropology categories.
The Latehomecomer
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Author : Kao Kalia Yang
language : en
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Release Date : 2010-12-15
The Latehomecomer written by Kao Kalia Yang and has been published by Coffee House Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her family’s story after her grandmother’s death, The Latehomecomer is Kao Kalia Yang’s tribute to the remarkable woman whose spirit held them all together. It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard. Beginning in the 1970s, as the Hmong were being massacred for their collaboration with the United States during the Vietnam War, Yang recounts the harrowing story of her family’s captivity, the daring rescue undertaken by her father and uncles, and their narrow escape into Thailand where Yang was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. When she was six years old, Yang’s family immigrated to America, and she evocatively captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and a new language. Through her words, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice. Together with her sister, Kao Kalia Yang is the founder of a company dedicated to helping immigrants with writing, translating, and business services. A graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University, Yang has recently screened The Place Where We Were Born, a film documenting the experiences of Hmong American refugees. Visit her website at www.kaokaliayang.com.
The Elementary School Library Collection Phases 1 2 3
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Elementary School Library Collection Phases 1 2 3 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Children's literature categories.
One Shadow On The Wall
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Author : Leah Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-06-06
One Shadow On The Wall written by Leah Henderson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-06 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An orphaned boy in contemporary Senegal must decide between doing what is right and what is easy as he struggles to keep a promise he made to his dying father in this “stirring” (School Library Journal) debut novel laced with magical realism. Eleven-year-old Mor was used to hearing his father’s voice, even if no one else could since his father’s death. It was comforting. It was also a reminder that Mor had made a promise to his father before he passed: keep your sisters safe. Keep the family together. But almost as soon as they are orphaned, that promise seems impossible to keep. With an aunt from the big city ready to separate him and his sisters as soon as she arrives, and a gang of boys from a nearby village wanting everything he has—including his spirit—Mor is tested in ways he never imagined. With only the hot summer months to prove himself, Mor must face a choice. Does he listen to his father and keep his heart true, but risk breaking his promise through failure? Or is it easier to just join the Danka Boys, whom despite their maliciousness are at least loyal to their own? One Shadow on the Wall is about love and loss, family and friendship, and creating your own future—even when it’s hard to do.
The Elementary School Library Collection
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Elementary School Library Collection written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Audio-visual materials categories.
The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down
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Author : Anne Fadiman
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 1998-09-30
The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down written by Anne Fadiman and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-30 with Social Science categories.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest. ______ Lia Lee 1982-2012 Lia Lee died on August 31, 2012. She was thirty years old and had been in a vegetative state since the age of four. Until the day of her death, her family cared for her lovingly at home.